Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-17
MISSING LINKS.

a druggist az Tasadena, Cal, advert;
for 1000 horned toads.
George c. Nil is preaching aHaml..
in Chicago.
/ "The wedding was strictly priv.
owing TO the bridegroom being sen
mourning for his first wife"
There is a United States fort at o.w.
end the Times Express says it "couId {.
resist an attack from flock of HIN
goats"
Chesley, Can, has clergyman WI
! from his pulpit, recently characterize /
recently organized chess club of that -
! lage as shell club"
a domestic goose was killed bv
tlemaE living on Cache creek, Lake eSrr
ty, Cal, and in its crop was found ls,..
| quantity of gold dust. Il
A young man III Louisville, XIV -.
choked to death while kissing ,;5
That girl had evidently not been kjs..l
! for some time.
Postmaster Riley, of Cincinnati ~.
the recipient of postal card address,
ITO Some Hole Sail Llcker delar Cine,
natl ohio.
/ A threatened scandal turned into A p,.
days wonder when lady Pennsylysn;,
CONGRESSMAN was caught kissing in Il,
corridor proved to be his own wife.
A Pennsylvania Dutch farmer died >.
Gently, and $4,000 in coin and han,
notes were found slowed away in al
| places about the house in old tin cans IN
coffee pots.
An Illinois school teacher whipped On.
of the large girls. Her father prosecrt
ed him and he paid the fine. Now +,
will get it back, and more, too by MARI.
ing the girl.
A Montana woman has killed an Indian
while shooting at dog. 1t is not alou,
in throwing stones at hens that wone,
beat the record for markswomnship.
John Cairnes, of Cairo, threw buDd
of lighted fre-crackers into the bsll
where his wife was sleeping, just as i
good joke on her. He will have to tak.
care of cripple for life as the con,s
| quence.
| Mrs. j. W. Smith, of Orange, n. J.
4 during the past year, rode 2,463 miles 10
on a bicycle. During the same period
her husband became quite an expert Al
sewing on trOwsers' buttons and darnilg
! hose.
The following advertisement appesn
in an evening paper: WANTED Poo
sinners to know they can have abstracs
of their heavenly estate brought down to
date free of charge at the Centenary re
vival meetings. Come, we fellow-traye
! lers."
Some st. Paul investigators have decd
ed that the word "toboggan" is from thsI
Oiibwa word "odaban," which means 4
sled or any vehicle on which anything 81
drawn. Or it may be from the ye,t
"odibanigo," which means 81 ride on 8
sleigh"
The Chicago News claims to have rs-
ceived letter from Charles Egbert Grad.
dock favoring knee breechcs in these
words: 81 have worn them for a numbs,
of years. and am very much pleased With
them. Nothing could induce me to wear
trowsers now.'
To feed an animal only that quantity Of
food necessary to prevent it from losing
flesh is waste of time. The aim should
be to secure an increase every day. InI
of no advantage to have an animal pas
through the winter and come out in thi
spring in the same condition it was in tht
fall. The winter is the proper time to
get the stock fat.
II is claimed that 400 pounds of butter
- tl, Eu
but this is high estimate, considering
the neglect given them on some farms
The COWS do not average more thn SOY
milking days in the year. and to produce
400 pounds of butter every year calls to'
a product of nearly nine pounds of but'I
per week for each COW.
IT is the opinion of Sir j. B. L4wes
whose opinions upon such matters are en-
titled TO and receive much weigh tha
the best time to cut grass, either fol hal
or ensilage purposes, is when the majority
of grasses are in flower. He thl7S
nothing is gained by waiting longer De
reason for such belief being that in il'
case of most of the grasses the seed form
ed is exceedingly light and the food whe
il contains is excessively small.
Prof. j. Hayes Panton, of the agr'l
tural college of Ontario, suggests rene
dies for potato rot which we condeH'
as follows: Dig as soon as brown 'poa
appear, Put in cool, dry place ai's
digging. Grow early varieties Bum 81
affected. stalks. Use only good @'o'
from unaffected districts. Don't PAM
in field in which rot occurred the prev
ious year, Avoid planting upon hea'y
clay soil, but prefer light and oq
one.